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63 Cards in this Set
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adip/o
lip/o steat/o |
fat
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cutane/o
dermat/o derm/o |
skin
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hydr/o
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water
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kerat/o
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horny tissue or cornea
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myc/o
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fungus
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onych/o
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nail
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pil/o
trich/o |
hair
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scler/o
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hardening
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xer/o
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dry
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necr/o
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dead, death
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cyan/o
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blue
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erythr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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-derma
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skin
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-emia
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blood
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-logist
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specialist in the study of
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-logy
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study of
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-malacia
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softening
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-oma
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tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-penia
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decrease
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-phagia
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swallow, eat
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auto-
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self
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epi-
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above
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sub-
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under, below
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allo-
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source other than itself
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caus/o
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burn, burning
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corium
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middle layer of skin, dermis
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ichthy/o
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scaly, dry (fish like)
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infra-
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below, under
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nevus
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pigmented lesion of the skin (mole)
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pruritis
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itching
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sebum, seb/o
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oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands
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ungu/o
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nail
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verruca
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wart (viral, epidermal growth)
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striae
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streaks or lines on skin caused by weakening of elasic tissue
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cicatrix
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scar left after a wound heals
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alopecia
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absence or loss of hair, especially of the head, baldness
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comedo
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blackhead, discolored dried sebum blocking an excretory duct of the skin
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decubitus ulcer
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a skin lesion that penetrates the epidermis and the dermis layers of the skin. Caused by prolonged pressure AKA bedsore
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ecchymosis
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bruise
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petechia
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minute or small hemorrhagic spot on the skin, A smaller form of ecchymosis
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eczema
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inflammatory skin disease characterized by redness, itching, and blisters
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hirsutism
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excessive growth of hair or presence of hair in unusual places, esp in women
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tinea
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any fungal skin disease, frequently caused by ringworm, whose name indicates the body part affected.
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bx
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biopsy
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WBC
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white blood cell
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RBC
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red blood cell
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cyanoderm
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blue skin
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cyanosis
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blue skin
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xeroderma
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dry skin
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paronychia
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pertaining to around the nail
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sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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lipectomy
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excision of fat
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melanoma
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black tumor
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adenoma
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granular tumor
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hidrosis
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abnormal condition of sweat
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dermatome (dermatotome)
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*embryo layer that gives rise to adult dermal layers
*body surface area innervated by by one spinal root *instrument used to cut skin for grafts |
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hx
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history
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dx
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diagnosis
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